LETTER TO CLAIR E. GEORGE FROM DANIEL P. FINN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R001101510058-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: February 15, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, N.Y., VICE CHAIRMAN
JAKE GARN, UTAH WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.
JOHN H. CHAFEE, R.I. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., DEL.
RICHARD G. LUGAR, IND. DANIEL K. INOUYE, HAWAII
MALCOLM WALLOP, WYO. PATRICK J. LEAHY, VT.
DAVID DURENBERGER, MINN. LLOYD BENTSEN, TEX.
WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., DEL. SAM NUNN. GA.
WILLIAM S. COHEN. MAINE
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN., EX OFFICIO
ROBERT C. BYRD, W. VA., EX OFFICIO
ROBERT R. SIMMONS. STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMITT, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
Janited ~5tates Senate
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 8 4 - a 5 (C.'
February 15, 1984
Mr. Clair E. George
Director
Office of Legislative Liaison
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. George:
A colleague of mine on the professional staff of the Select
Committee on Intelligence, I have been informed recently, was
told by certain analysts at your agency that they are no longer
willing frankly to share information with me concerning develop-
ments in the Philippines. These persons, who apparently work
directly on Philippine affairs, told this staff member that they
would brief her on developments there, but if I were brought along
then they would only "go through the motions" and not provide
significant information. My fellow staff member has demonstrated
too much delicacy to provide me the names of.these personnel.
The flow of intellience and intelligence-related information
from your analysts to the staff of the Select Committee is of
great importance to the task of legislative oversight which the
Committee performs, and can potentially make a great contribution
to the knowledge of our members and other senators on important
foreign developments. I believe that the situation cannot remain
in this state and should be speedily and completely resolved,
therefore, since the professional staff of this Committee, such
as myself, are an irreplaceable conduit for its informational
functions.
I suspect that the background of this issue derives from
some work I performed for Senator Inouye in June-July 1982. At
that time, I w under the
supervision of Subsequently,
on request of ben y cy personnel
in sanitizing the resulting report so that the Senator could use
the unclassified information it contained publicly..
I subsequently became aware, as a result of indirect and
fragmentary comments from several sources, that Agency personnel
were unhappy with Senator Inouye's use of this material, which
had been fully sanitized in cooperation with Agency staff. I am
not aware of any effort by Agency personnel to raise their
concerns with Senator Inouye himself, however.
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Mr. Clair E. George
February 15, 1984
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Under these circumstances I find the reported attitudes of
members of your staff unprofessional if not irrational.. There
is no question, so far as I know, that I treated whatever
classified information I had been provided appropriately. My
original report on the Philippine situation at that time based
on my briefing and other research was accorded a national
security classification and controlled in accordance with the
security procedures of the Select Committee. The unclassified
version of the report which I produced later had been fully
reviewed by Agency staff, and all of their concerns were
accommodated.
It is disturbing to me, therefore, to hear that certain
personnel in your agency have decided to refuse to cooperate
with me on similar matters in the future. Not only does such
behavior potentially degrade my personal performance and ability
to staff Senator Inouye effectively, but it also detracts from
the ability of the Committee as a whole to pursue such issues.
In these circumstances, I believe,it would be appropriate
for you to investigate this matter and provide me your written
assurance that these attitudinal problems have been corrected.
Daniel P. Finn, Esq.
Professional Staff Member
DPF/sm
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